Career Summary

Impassioned and collaborative brand champion with 10 years of experience building, evolving and overseeing implementation of brand guidelines, working with cross-functional internal and external teams to ensure consistency and purpose across various divisions and touch-points.

Visual storyteller with the tenacity to dig in to the details, distill complex concepts into graspable content and leverage strategic insights to develop stories and create meaningful brand experiences — engaging and educating audiences, with the ultimate goal of driving them to take action.

Superior team building, communication and collaboration skills. Builds internal and cross departmental partnerships, collaborating with stakeholders, sales teams, marketers, writers and designers to improve processes, devise and execute integrated campaigns, bringing strategic brand experiences to life.

Professional Experience

Associate Creative Director | Protective Life Insurance, 2021 – present
Senior Designer | Protective Life Insurance, 2015 – 2021
Graphic Designer | Great Parks of Hamilton County 2012 – 2015
Senior Designer | Protective Insurance, 2012 (contract)
Senior Designer | UNLO / Mike Zitt, Inc. 2010 – 2011

Education

Graphic Design, Cincinnati State,
English Literature, University of Cincinnati
Facilitating Design Thinking | Cooper Professional Education
Cultivating Creative Collaboration | Ideo U
Leading for Creativity | Ideo U